We Look to Our Surroundings for Advice on What to Do In Times of Danger

Passage from text:
"'I said to myself: 'dreaming again, Sam Gamgee,' I said; and I said no more just then. But I've been thinking since, and now I'm not sure. What do you make of it, Mr.Frodo?''
'I should make nothing of it but a log and the dusk and sleep in your eyes, Sam," said Frodo, 'if this was the first time that those eyes had been seen.......
'Gollum, maybe?'"

Pg #: 374

Commentary [Prediction and Whatnot]:
So Gollum is moving in on his Ring and the company has noticed. I think what's interesting here is not only that there is an ominous mood to the conversation but that everyone prior to this conversation was thinking this same thing, that Gollum was pursuing them, and yet no one bothered to voice their suspicions up till now- their something-ith day of travel. Life lesson; communicate how you feel about weird things because more than likely someone else is thinking the same exact thing.

Examples:
"Does it smell like smoke in here?"

"Was that guy creepy, or what?"

"I feel a quiz coming on next class period."

I also predict that the character spheres of both Gollum and Frodo are going to get infinitesimally close to touching- without making contact- until one, final, dramatic, allegorical, climax finál.

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